Letters of Eminent Men, Addressed to Ralph Thoresby (1832) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Sir, this is all I can send you at present. If you would be further satisfied in any particulars, please to send your queries, and the time limited for your making returns. I have spoke to several of our neighbouring clergy and gentry to augment or correct this great work, which, if well 'done, may stand without danger of being supplanted by another edition, for our age at least. When you know any thing further of Strype's History, or the Knocking Ghost, please to inform, Sir, Your humble servant, N. Drake. FROM REV. GEORGE PLAXTON. SIR RALPIIO, Dec. 23, 1707. Our friend Mr. Edward Lhwyd is now returned to Oxon, and hath favoured me with his conjectures about the etymology of Elmet. He is of opinion that it is a British name, and the same with Elved, which was formerly the name of a Kumud in Caernarvonshire; that a Kumud is the division of a country, of which Kumuds, two, sometimes three or four, made a Kantren, or Hundred; that the old orthography of Elved was Elmet; that Dived was written Dimet; the potestas of a V consonant was expressed by M or B; with much more to the same purpose. He refers me to some passages in hisArchaeologia Brit, a book which I have not, and desires my opinion about some towns in Shropshire. If you have the Archaeologia Brit, pray send it by my servant. I will send you his letter as soon as I can; but I have some work to do, if I can meet with the Archaeologia Brit. I have also received a letter from Dr. Hudson. The Dean of Christ-Church has been a-dying, but is now upon the recovery. God be thanked, our Oxon friends are well. Jack sends you his service: he has been busy in translating Sallust, and had run over a good part of it, being encouraged by some learned Fellows of their house to undertake the task, who promised him their friendly ...